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Population:
          3,360,105 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:
           0-14 years: 24.39% (male 419,932; female 399,605)

           15-64 years: 62.61% (male 1,038,785; female 1,064,891)

           65 years and over: 13% (male 180,130; female 256,762) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:
           0.78% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:
           17.36 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:
            9.03 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:
            -0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:
           at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

            under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

            15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

            65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female

Total Population:
             0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
            14.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy:
            total population: 75.44 years

            male: 72.11 years

            female: 78.96 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:
             2.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
             0.33% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
             6,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
             150 (1999 est.)

Nationality:
            noun:  Uruguayan(s)

            adjective: Uruguayan

Ethnic groups:
              white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian, practically nonexistent

Religions:
               Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%

Languages:
               Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)

Literacy:
              definition:  age 15 and over can read and write

              total population: 97.3%

              male:  96.9%

              female: 97.7% (1995 est.)